Newspaper display bag



July 2, 1940- J. w. SERDAHELY NEWSPAPER DISPLAY BAG Filed May 25, 1938 Atiorneys Patented July 2, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Jack W.Serdahely, Milwaukee, Wis. Application November 25, 1938, Serial No.242,368

. 1 Claim.

This invention relates to bags or cases especially useful by newsboysengaged in the sale of newspapers and the like, and has for the primaryobject the provision of a device of this character which will bedurable, compact, easy to place papers in and remove therefrom and willefficiently display a paper so that the headlines may be convenientlyread and will protect the papers from weather elements and the one D ondisplay.

With these and other objects in view, the in vention consists in certainnovel features of con-.

struction, combination and arrangement of parts ;to be hereinafter morefully described and claimed. l

For a: complete understanding of my invention,

proof material foldable on the dotted lines, as,

shown in Figure 3, to form opposed front and rear walls 6 and I, flaps 8and 9 on said walls, the front wall 6 having a comparatively largeopening Ill therein. The sheet of material is further foldedto form atop wall II anda tuck portion I2 disposed outwardly of the front wall.The front wall 6 besides having the flaps 8 also has a flap l3. Theflaps 9 of the rear wall I are folded upon themselves to present flaps Mwhich also overlie the front wall 5. The flaps 14-, I3 and tuck portionl2 coact in presenting alframelike construction to receive therein asheet of transparent material -I 5 acting as a display window and aclosure for the opening Ill. The sheet of transparent material I5 isstitched or other? wise secured onto the flaps l3, l4 and the tuckportion I2. The sheet of material [5 besides forming a closure for theopening I0 provides a chamber between itself and the front wall 6 toreceive a newspaper by way of the opening Ill.

be displayed in clear view whereby a person may readily read theheadlines thereof. It is to be understood that. the newspaper isinserted in the chamber from inside of the bag or case by way when thelatter are brought into overlapping re 60 lation thereby assembling thefront and rear so that the major portion of the newspaper will walls inspaced parallel relation. Theflaps 8, 9 and I6 are stitched or otherwisesecured together thereby completing the bag or receptacle which has itslower sideorbottom fully open to permit newspapers to be readily placedtherein and removed.

. In use, the bag orcase is to be carried under the arm of a newsboy andby placing the hand over the bottom the newspapers will be preventedfrom falling out of the bag or case and when it is desired to remove apaper on the sale thereof, the newsboy with the other hand readilyextracts the newspaper from the bottom of the bag or case.

A bag or case constructed in accordance with the foregoing will providean efficienhdurable and compact device which may be manufactured andsold at a comparatively low cost so that it may be. readily purchased by'newsboys and will permit the newsboys to display their newspapers insuch a way that theheadlines may be read and still the newspapers willbe efficiently protected from weather elements and permit of thenewspapers to be easily placed therein and removed singly on the salethereof.

It is also believed that the simplicity and advantages of this inventionwill be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which suchdevice relates, and while I have herein set forth a satisfactoryembodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that such changestherefrom as fairlyfall within the scope of my claim may be resorted towhen desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A device for carrying and displaying printed matter for sale' comprisinga waterproof case including connected iront and rear walls and a topwall, said front wall having an opening, a tuck portion-forming acontinuation of the front and top walls and extending downwardly andoutwardly from the front wall above said opening, a flapformed on thefront wall and overlying a portion of the latterbelow said opening,flaps formed on the front and rear walls and arranged in overlappingrelation to provide end Walls for the case, said flaps of the rear wallbeing extended to overlie portions of the front wall and secured on thetuck portion and the firstnamed flap to enact therewith in, providing aframe arranged about said opening, tabs formed on the top wall andsecured to certain of said second-named flaps, and a sheet oftransparent material secured on the frame and overlying the openingandcoacting with the front Wall and frame and forming a chamber on theexterior of the case and being in communication with the interior ofsaid case by way of said opening.

JACK W. SERDAHELY.

